Ian Pannell

Ian Pannell

Ian Pannell
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Ian Pannell is chief foreign correspondent for ABC News, stationed in the London Bureau. Throughout his storied, 30-plus-year career as a journalist, Pannell has been on... Read More »
Ian Pannell is chief foreign correspondent for ABC News, stationed in the London Bureau. Throughout his storied, 30-plus-year career as a journalist, Pannell has been on the frontlines covering some of the most important and compelling stories across the world. As Russia invaded Ukraine earlier this year, he reported from Kyiv as the first missile strikes hit and has spent months on the ground there documenting the tragic developments and the devastating impact on the people inside the country. During his tenure at ABC News, he has reported on the United States’ withdrawal from Afghanistan, the battle against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, the fight to retake Mosul, the killing of U.S. soldiers in Niger, the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, and the fight and famine in Yemen. Prior to joining ABC News in 2017, Ian worked at the BBC for over 25 years. When the Taliban fled Afghanistan in 2001, he was the very first journalist to enter the capital, Kabul, with the U.S.-backed Northern Alliance and was stationed there from 2008-2010 for the BBC. He was in Kabul the day it was liberated, and he was there for ABC News 20 years later when it fell to the Taliban once more. He reported from Egypt, Bahrain, Libya and Syria on the Arab Spring uprisings and subsequent wars, the frontlines of Crimea and Donbas in 2014 and 2015, and extensively across the Middle East. He also covered the Israel-Lebanon War in 2006 and reported from Gaza during the Hamas-Israel conflict in 2014. Pannell has pursued enterprise reports in the United States and Latin America. In the U.S., he covered the heroin epidemic, the lives of families affected by homelessness, the trafficking of children into a lifetime of forced sex slavery and the rising gun crime in Chicago. While in Latin America he covered the war on drugs affecting Columbia’s cocaine business. His reporting has won many major awards in journalism. He was awarded an International Emmy for his contribution in covering the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, the Royal Television Society Award for International News Coverage on his 2013 report of Syrian rebel-held areas, and an International Press Award for his enterprise stories on displaced families in Syria. Pannell has been honored with several Emmys and Peabody awards for his excellence in reporting. He also holds several other awards for his dedication to honest, authentic storytelling. Pannell began his career working in radio at the BBC and went on to anchor news shows for BBC World as well as its domestic equivalent in the U.K., The BBC News Channel. He is married and the proud father of three boys. « Read Less
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Inside Ukraine's efforts to bring an 'army of drones' to war against Russia
By Ian Pannell and Allie Weintraub
September 14, 2023 Story from US Ian Pannell, Allie Weintraub , ABC News
ABC News embeds with IDF inside Gaza: Reporter's notebook
By Ian Pannell
November 4, 2023 Story from International Ian Pannell , ABC News
Climate change forces African migrants into dangerous treks by sea, desert
By Ian Pannell, Malka Abramoff and Ivan Pereira
January 26, 2024 Story from International Ian Pannell, Malka Abramoff, Ivan Pereira , ABC News
Israeli defense minister talks Hamas, expanded ground operations and Iran: 'Not looking for bigger wars'
By Ian Pannell and Morgan Winsor
October 29, 2023 Story from International Ian Pannell, Morgan Winsor , ABC News
Russia-Ukraine war: A year in Ukraine, a nation devastated by war: Reporter's notebook
By Ian Pannell
February 24, 2023 Story from International Ian Pannell , ABC News
In the wake of Serbia's school shooting, resounding calls for change: Reporter's notebook
By Ian Pannell
May 5, 2023 Story from International Ian Pannell , ABC News
'We are holding on': Scars of war visible near the front in eastern Ukraine
By Guy Davies and Ian Pannell
April 23, 2023 Story from International Guy Davies, Ian Pannell , ABC News
Tense standoff: Hong Kong Polytechnic University becomes center of police protesters' battle
By Alice Chambers , Ian Pannell and Karson Yiu
November 18, 2019 Story from International Alice Chambers , Ian Pannell, Karson Yiu , ABC News
Widow of Italian police officer bids painful goodbye as US teens charged in his death declared 'dangerous' by judge
By Bill Hutchinson, Ian Pannell and Phoebe Natanson
July 29, 2019 Story from International Bill Hutchinson, Ian Pannell, Phoebe Natanson , ABC News
As anti-government protests continue in Hong Kong, marchers embrace a new slogan made famous by Bruce Lee
By Alan Kwok, Ian Pannell and Edith Honan
August 21, 2019 Story from International Alan Kwok, Ian Pannell, Edith Honan , ABC News
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